Joseph n



(No Model.)

J. N. BROWN.

WEIGHING HAND TRUCK.

No. 411,576. Patented Sept. 24, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH N. BROlVN, OE FARlVELL, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANKE. PRESLEY, OE SAME PLACE.

WEIGHING HAND-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,576, datedSeptember 24, 1889.

Application filed May 11, 1889. Serial No. 310,444. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern: platform maybe further secured to the frameBe it known that I, JOSEPH N. BROWN, a by means of staples or bent rodsi, which excitizen of the United States, residing at Fartend under therollers c, and are fastened at well in the county of Clare and State ofMichitheir ends to the platform.

gan, have invented certain new and useful Im- G indicates a curved bar,which has a scale 5 5 provements in Hand-Trucks; and I do hereby markedthereon and is fixed between the side declare the following to be afull, clear, and rails over the uppermost bar B. An indicatexactdescription of theinventiomsuch as will ing-hand h is pivoted to thesaid uppermost enable others skilled in the art to which it bar inposition opposite the scale on the appertains to make and use the same.curved bar G. The said indicator 71. is pro- 'lhisinvention relates tohand-trucks which vided with aslotted arm m, which is connected acommonly ed in warehouses and stores with a fixed arm n, which extendsfrom the for moving boxes and other packages; and it upper end of theplatform. As the platform consists in certain improvements in suchimmoves forward under the load the platform- I 5 plements, ashereinafter described and arm 11 turns the elbow-lever 7r on so as toin- 5 5 claimed, the truck being provided with con dicate the weight ofthe load on the scale G. tain attachments for weighing a package Or Hindicates a hand-lever, which is provided article placed thereon. with aprojection 0, and is secured to a cross- In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 bar of the frame in position to connect with 20 represents aplan view of a hand-truck proa catch 13 on the lower side of theplatform. vided with myimprovements, part of the plat- The purpose ofthe lever II and the catch 12 form being removed. Fig. 2 is a sectiontaken is to support the platform when the weighing 011 line 2 2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 0 is an end view devices are not in use, and thus relievethe of the lower end. springs of the strain upon them.

25 A designates the side rails of the truck- The box or package to beweighed is raised frame said rails being provided with hanupon theplatform in the usual manner, the dles a. foot E being first insertedunder the box, the

B indicates the crossbars, and O the wheels platform is released bymoving the lever H on an axle, which is secured to the lower end fromconnection with the catch p, and the 0 of the frame in the usual way.loaded platform sinks,compressingthe springs D indicates the platform ofthe truck, to f, the grooved rollers 0 moving on the tracks the forwardor lower end of which is fastened (Z, and the pivoted indicator isoperated by the flange or foot E. the movement of the platform, so thatthe To the side rails A are fastened the lugs 19, weight of the box isindicated on the scale- 3 5 in which are journaled the rollers c, whichare bar G. 8 5

formed with V-shaped grooves and run on I clai1n correspondingly -formedrails or tracks (I, The combination, with the frame provided which arefastened to the platform D on the with ascale-bar and indicator, a rodF, springs lower side of the same. f g, and a series of rollers c, of amovable plat- 40 F indicates a rod, which is fixed in the crossformprovided with tracks (I, lugs e, and catch. bars 13 and extends alongthe longitudinal p, and a lever 11 in position to connect with center ofthe frame, said rod passing through catch 19, substantially as set forthand dethe lugs e, which are fastened to the lower scribed. side of theplatform. Each of said lugs e is In testimony whereof I have affixed mysig- 4" so located that it is pressed upward against nature in presenceof two witnesses.

a cross-bar by a spiral sprin g f, which is placed l on the rod F, eachspring pressing at one end JOSEPH N. BROWN. against a lug e and againsta cross-bar B at 'Witnesses: its opposite end. Two springs g are placedH. M. Boys, 50 one on either side of the central rod F. The E. S.IIINDs.

